Let me start by mapping out my relationship with Virginia Tech. My brother went to Virginia Tech. My sister went to Virginia Tech. My father went to Virginia Tech. My father’s brother went to Virginia Tech. My two brothers-in-law went to Virginia Tech. My sister-in-law went to Virginia Tech. Much of my high school class went to Virginia Tech.
I grew up an hour west of here, in a border town called Bluefield, and spent what must have been a hundred weekend days in Blacksburg.
And I taught for nine years at Virginia Tech.
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